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July 30, 2017 7:13 PM

Pope calls for greater commitment to fight human trafficking

Pope Francis has urged the world to show a greater commitment to fighting human trafficking. The pope made the appeal today on the UN's world day against trafficking. Pope Francis said, every year, thousands of men, women and children are innocent victims of labour exploitation, and sex and org...

July 30, 2017 5:55 PM

Gender inequality linked to child abuse, neglect: Study

A study has warned that children growing up in societies that experience high levels of gender inequality are more likely to be abused and neglected. Researchers said in Washington, rates of discrimination against women substantially influence the levels of child physical abuse and child neglect. &l...

July 30, 2017 5:20 PM

Four Arab states to meet in Bahrain today to resolve Gulf dispute

Top officials of four Arab states boycotting Qatar are scheduled to meet in the Bahraini capital today, as a political crisis that has split the Gulf enters its second month. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt will meet in Manama in a bid to persuade Q...

July 30, 2017 5:20 PM

6 killed in car bomb explosion in Somalia

A car bomb explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu today killed six and wounded 20 others. A Police officer said, the death toll is likely to rise. The bomb went off on the busy Maka al Mukaram road. It is not clear who is responsible for the blast.

July 30, 2017 1:51 PM

At least 2 killed, 3 injured in German nightclub shooting

At least two people were killed and three seriously injured in a nightclub shooting in the German city of Constance. Police said, a man opened fire early morning today, killing one person. The gunman was then shot dead in an exchange of fire with police.<br/><br/>Witnesses said, a doorma...

July 30, 2017 1:51 PM

UN calls on intl community to take steps to end trafficking

The United Nations has called on the international community to take steps to end trafficking in persons that result mainly from protracted conflicts. <br/><br/>In a statement, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov said, people forced from their homes are fa...

July 30, 2017 12:48 PM

Pakistan's Parliament to elect new PM on Tuesday

Pakistan's Parliament will elect a new Prime Minister on Tuesday to replace the ousted premier Nawaz Sharif.&apos;Supreme Court on Friday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal.<br/&g...

July 30, 2017 12:47 PM

US bombers fly over Korean Peninsula after missile test

US strategic bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula in a pointed show of force in response to Pyongyang's latest intercontinental ballistic missile. American officials today said,<br/>US B-1B bombers along with fighter jets from the South Korean and Japanese air forces participated in the...

July 30, 2017 12:46 PM

Australian PM says, police stopped suspected plot to bring down plane

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said, counter-terrorism police have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane. He said four people were arrested in raids across Sydney.Investigators said they have seized materials in the raids that could have been used to make an improvised ...

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